How do you see the upcoming books? I never knew there was such a thing!

Go to "Books" in Amazon. Put "vegan cookbooks" in the search engine. Then, under "Sort by" select "Publication date." The books will be listed in order of latest publication date to oldest. Scroll through until you go past December 2012. Voila!

Go to "Books" in Amazon. Put "vegan cookbooks" in the search engine. Then, under "Sort by" select "Publication date." The books will be listed in order of latest publication date to oldest. Scroll through until you go past December 2012. Voila!

kittylover wrote:

How do you see the upcoming books? I never knew there was such a thing!

Sounds yummy but I'm not sure how healthy that is. Her sweet potato and spinach soup (which contains peanut butter) in Quick Fix Vegan is my favorite recipe in the whole book, but I try not to make it too often.

Sounds yummy but I'm not sure how healthy that is. Her sweet potato and spinach soup (which contains peanut butter) in Quick Fix Vegan is my favorite recipe in the whole book, but I try not to make it too often.

What I really wish is that she'd write a sequel to Quick Fix Vegan.

love QFV, what would be in a sequel to that cookbook? just more of a focus on vegan food rather than "speciality" cookbooks like her new nut one and her previous slow cooker one?

_________________"....but I finally found block tempeh a few weeks ago with the intent to give it my virginity." -Moon

The VB6 thing makes sense to me--the idea has been floating around for a while, along with the meatless Monday thing. Stuff like this makes veganism more accessible to people, which can only be good.

Who cares if something is gimmicky--less meat consumption is less meat consumption. Plus, once people learn they won't turn into a rabbit or waste away from lack of protein, they will probably be more generally open to being veg.

_________________"This is the creepiest post ever if you don't know who Molly is." -Fee"a vegan death match sounds like something where we all end up hugging." -LisaPunk

It's another book that promises weight loss on a vegan diet. It's either way more restrictive than vegan diet itself (no added oils, raw food, no processed foods etc.) or not-working (at least not for everyone). Successful weight-loss diets either reduce calories or reduce choice of foods (latter harder to stick to).

Also, the author is not vegan, and I find vegan recipes by meat-eaters sad, uninventive, as if vegans are supposed to be happy with whatever butter-laden dish is veganized using a ton of margarine.

I think Mark Bittman generally has really good vegan recipes and the way he writes makes cooking more accessible to people who are less comfortable in the kitchen. He is good at explaining things and teaching one how to cook so I think this book coming from him is great. And while a vegan diet might not help everyone lose weight, it is healthier on the whole, especially when one cooks using whole foods which is what this cookbook is promoting. And yes to what lavawitch said - less meat consumption is less meat consumption.

Yeah. I think it is a silly marketing thing, but I'd be interested in checking it out because I do like his ideas and recipes. The weight loss gimmick is dumb, but I think it'll be more intellectual than something like Skinny bisque, you know? Or I would hope so anyway.

If you're going to do the vegan before dinner thing, why not just use a regular vegan cookbook? I don't get why specific 'vegan before 6' recipes are necessary. But people will buy it for sure, so I can't really judge the guy too harshly.

The bean cookbook looks interesting. I think I'll check the Bittman out of the library, even though I'd rather be vegan 24 hours a day. A friend of mine loves his vegetarian recipes so I'm curious what his vegan ones will be like.

Hasn't Bittman been doing this part time vegan thing himself for a while? I'm sure he can come up with tasty recipes.

Anyway, this book isnt designed for us--it's meant for all those people who sneer at us and ask what the hell we eat but who will also rush out and try fad diet books. Or for people who know being veg is healthier but do t know where to start. They might even have some of his other books, making this even more accessible. We all know that picking up AFR is easy peasy, but for whatever reason, it still intimidates a lot of people.

I think a vegan for weight loss diet that doesn't cut out all animal products is probably more likely to reel people in and be sustainable over the longer term.

_________________"This is the creepiest post ever if you don't know who Molly is." -Fee"a vegan death match sounds like something where we all end up hugging." -LisaPunk

Neat! I'd never heard of that one. I think I'll try ordering it. I'm actually going to get a cheapo used copy of the Man a Can book too because it actually looks more vegan-friendly/veganizable than you'd expect.

I can't believe it's taken me so long to really grasp the joy of pre-ordering books, suddenly one day something just turns up like a ray of sunshine in a mail envelope!

I have pre-ordered the following, the first three because they all expand my culinary knowledge and repertoire a bit further. Until very recently in my narrow little world the only nut butter was peanut butter, there may have been a little light bulb moment when I realised there were in fact others. :)And as for the Desserts, I don't need desserts, sometimes reading about them is a good fix.

The Vegan Baker By Dunja Gulin - I would have liked more info in the blurb.Gluten-Free and Vegan Pie: Sweet & Savory Pies to Make at Home By Jennifer Katzinger - I'm not GF and I admit I'm a little apprehensive about dipping my toe into GF baking, a lot of new to me flours to work with.Kitchen Divided: Vegan Dishes for Semi-Vegan Households By Ellen Jaffe Jones - As the only vegan in the family I like this idea, I'm not holding my breath that anything will change my family from mocking frozen fish eaters to at least trying the stuff I make. Unless were talking baked goods, nobody says no to baked goods even if they are vegan.

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